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Dr Timothy Dobbins

Senior Lecturer
Public Health, School of Public Health

D02 - Coppleson Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Biographical details

Dr Timothy Dobbins is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney's Cancer Epidemiology and Services Research (CESR) group. He completed his PhD, examining methods for analysing longitudinal data from a stratified, cluster randomised trial at the University of Sydney in 2005. After completing his doctoral training, Timothy was employed in the teaching focussed position of Lecturer in Biostatistics at the University of Sydney. Here he was committed to developing and delivering quality teaching and learning in biostatistics to post-graduate students. He was a key collaborator in developing the first Introduction to the Analysis of Linked Data course to be based on NSW data, first delivered in 2008. Timothy worked at UNSW's Lowy Cancer Research Centre in 2009 and 2010, and moved to CESR in December, 2010.

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Research interests

I am a biostatistician with extensive experience in the application of statistical methods to research in health and medicine. I have a particular interest in the design and analysis of cluster randomised trials and other studies dealing with correlated data. I have extensive experience working with linked administrative data, and enjoy the challenge of conducting clinical and policy research using large and complex sets of data.

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Teaching areas

I have a strong background in student focussed teaching and learning of biostatistical techniques. I was the unit coordinator of Multiple Regression and Statistical Computing between 2004 and 2008, and am a key contributor to the Introduction to the Analysis of Linked Data unit.

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Current national competitive grants*

2010

Randomised trial of consumer-led familiar cancer risk tool & GP triage on risk-appropriate colorectal cancer screening
Trevena L, Meiser B, Kirk J, Barlow-Stewart K, Dobbins T, Goodwin A
Cancer Australia Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme ($556,250 over 4 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

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Keywords

Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Health services and management

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Publications

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2013

   
  • Ward, R., Dobbins, T., Lindor, N., Rapkins, R., Hitchins, M. (2013), Identification of constitutional MLH1 epimutations and promoter variants in colorectal cancer patients from the Colon Cancer Family Registry. Genetics in Medicine. 15(1), 25-35. [Abstract]

2012

   
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  • Lee, Y., Roberts, C., Dobbins, T., Stavrou, E., Black, K., Morris, J., Young, J. (2012), Incidence and outcomes of pregnancy-associated cancer in Australia, 1994-2008: a population-based linkage study. BJOG. 119(13), 1572-1582. [Abstract]
  • Dobbins, T., Sullivan, E., Roberts, C., Simpson, J. (2012), Australian national birthweight percentiles by sex and gestational age, 1998-2007. The Medical Journal of Australia. 197(5), 291-294. [Abstract]
  • Booy, R., Lindley, R., Dwyer, D., Yin, J., Heron, L., Moffatt, C., Chiu, C., Rosewell, A., Dean, A., Dobbins, T., Philp, D., Gao, Z., Macintyre, C. (2012), Treating and preventing influenza in aged care facilities: a cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. 7(10), e46509. [Abstract]

2011

   
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  • Hong, A., Dobbins, T., Lee, C., Jones, D., Fei, J., Clark, J., Armstrong, B., Harnett, G., Milross, C., Tran, N., Peculis, L., Ng, C., Milne, A., Loo, C., Hughes, L., Forstner, D., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2011), Use of cyclin D1 in conjunction with human papillomavirus status to predict outcome in oropharyngeal cancer. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer. 128, 1532-45. [Abstract]

2010

   
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  • Hong, A., Dobbins, T., Lee, C., Jones, D., Harnett, G., Armstrong, B., Clark, J., Milross, C., Kim, J., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2010), Human papillomavirus predicts outcome in oropharyngeal cancer in patients treated primarily with surgery or radiation therapy. British journal of cancer. 103, 1510-7. [Abstract]
  • Ilsar, R., Chawantanpipat, C., Chan, K., Dobbins, T., Waugh, R., Hennessy, A., Celermajer, D., Ng, M. (2010), Doppler-derived Pulmonary Flow Reserve Detects Pulmonary Microvascular Obstruction in High Primates. Heart, lung & circulation. 19(10), 592-4. [Abstract]
  • Hong, A., Dobbins, T., Lee, C., Jones, D., Jackson, E., Clark, J., Armstrong, B., Harnett, G., Milross, C., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2010), Relationships between epidermal growth factor receptor expression and human papillomavirus status as markers of prognosis in oropharyngeal cancer. European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). 46(11), 2088-96. [Abstract]
  • Okely, A., Hardy, L., Booth, M., Dobbins, T., Denney-Wilson, E., Yang, B. (2010), Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness among children and adolescents in Australia: 1997 and 2004. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28(8), 851-857. [Abstract]
  • Hong, A., Grulich, A., Jones, D., Lee, C., Garland, S., Dobbins, T., Clark, J., Harnett, G., Milross, C., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2010), Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx in Australian males induced by human papillomavirus vaccine targets. Vaccine. 28(19), 3269-3272. [Abstract]
  • Lawlor, M., Kerridge, I., Ankeny, R., Dobbins, T., Billson, F. (2010), Specific Unwillingness to Donate Eyes: The Impact of Disfigurement, Knowledge and Procurement on Corneal Donation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. 10(3), 657-63. [Abstract]
  • Ilsar, R., Chawantanpipat, C., Chan, K., Dobbins, T., Waugh, R., Hennessy, A., Celermajer, D., Ng, M. (2010), Measurement of pulmonary flow reserve and pulmonary index of microcirculatory resistance for detection of pulmonary microvascular obstruction. PloS one. 5(3), e9601. [Abstract]
  • Ilsar, R., Bailey, B., Dobbins, T., Celermajer, D. (2010), The Relationship Between Pulmonary Artery and Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Heart, lung & circulation. 19(1), 38-42. [Abstract]
  • Denney-Wilson, E., Cowell, C., Okely, A., Hardy, L., Aitken, R., Dobbins, T. (2010), Associations between insulin and glucose concentrations and anthropometric measures of fat mass in Australian adolescents. BMC Pediatrics. 10(1), 58. [Abstract]
  • Hong, A., Grulich, A., Jones, D., Lee, S., Garland, S., Dobbins, T., Clark, J., Harnett, G., Milross, C., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2010), Oropharyngeal cancer. Australian data show increase. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). , c2518. [Abstract]
  • Hill, V., Hesson, L., Dansranjavin, T., Dallol, A., Bieche, I., Vacher, S., Tommasi, S., Dobbins, T., Gentle, D., Euhus, D., Lewis, C., Dammann, R., Ward, R., Minna, J., Maher, E., Pfeifer, G., Latif, F. (2010), Identification of 5 novel genes methylated in breast and other epithelial cancers. Molecular cancer. 9, 51. [Abstract]
  • Middleton, P., Simpson, P., Sinclair, G., Dobbins, T., Math, B., Bendall, J. (2010), Effectiveness of morphine, fentanyl, and methoxyflurane in the prehospital setting. Prehospital Emergency Care. 14(4), 439-447. [Abstract]

2009

   
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  • Soh, N., Touyz, S., Dobbins, T., Surgenor, L., Clarke, S., Kohn, M., Lee, E., Leow, V., Rieger, E., Ung, K., Walter, G. (2009), Nutrition knowledge in young women with eating disorders in Australia and Singapore: A pilot study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 43(12), 1178-1184. [Abstract]
  • Garrick, T., Sundqvist, N., Dobbins, T., Azizi, L., Harper, C. (2009), Factors that influence decisions by families to donate brain tissue for medical research. Cell and tissue banking. 10(0), 309-15. [Abstract]
  • Lee, K., Conigrave, K., Clough, A., Dobbins, T., Jaragba, M., Patton, G. (2009), Five-year longitudinal study of cannabis users in three remote Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Drug and alcohol review. 28(6), 623-630. [Abstract]
  • Fei, J., Hong, A., Dobbins, T., Jones, D., Soon Lee, C., Loo, C., Al-Ghamdi, M., Harnett, G., Clark, J., O'Brien, C., Rose, B. (2009), Prognostic Significance of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Tonsil in Relation to Human Papillomavirus Status and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. Annals of surgical oncology. 16(10), 2908-17. [Abstract]
  • Wong, M., Dobbins, T., Tseung, J., Tran, N., Lee, C., O'Brien, C., Clark, J., Rose, B. (2009), Oestrogen receptor beta expression in pleomorphic adenomas of the parotid gland. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 62(9), 789-793. [Abstract]
  • Hardy, L., Dobbins, T., Denney-Wilson, E., Okely, A., Booth, M. (2009), Sedentariness, small-screen recreation, and fitness in youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36(2), 120-125. [Abstract]
  • Booth, M., Dobbins, T., Aitken, R., Denney-Wilson, E., Hardy, L., Okely, A., George, J., Sullivan, D., Cowell, C. (2009), Costs of managing conditions associated with obesity among Australian teenagers. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 45(0), 448-56. [Abstract]
  • Denney-Wilson, E., Crawford, D., Dobbins, T., Hardy, L., Okely, A. (2009), Influences on consumption of soft drinks and fast foods in adolescents. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 18(3), 447-452. [Abstract]

2008

   
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  • Booth, M., George, J., Denney-Wilson, E., Okely, A., Hardy, L., Aitken, R., Dobbins, T. (2008), The population prevalence of adverse concentrations and associations with adiposity of liver tests among Australian adolescents. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 44(12), 686-91. [Abstract]
  • Soh, N., Touyz, S., Dobbins, T., Surgenor, L., Clarke, S., Kohn, M., Lee, E., Leow, V., Rieger, E., Ung, K., Walter, G. (2008), Cross-cultural differences in the macronutrient intakes of women with anorexia nervosa in Australia and Singapore. European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association. 16(6), 427-35. [Abstract]
  • Soh, N., Touyz, S., Dobbins, T., Surgenor, L., Clarke, S., Kohn, M., Lee, E., Leow, V., Rieger, E., Ung, K., Walter, G. (2008), Body image disturbance in young North European and East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and in Singapore. European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association. 16, 287-96. [Abstract]
  • Denney-Wilson, E., Hardy, L., Dobbins, T., Okely, A., Baur, L. (2008), Body mass index, waist circumference, and chronic disease risk factors in Australian adolescents. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 162(6), 566-573. [Abstract]
  • Hardy, L., Okely, A., Dobbins, T., Booth, M. (2008), Physical activity among adolescents in New South Wales (Australia): 1997 and 2004. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 40(5), 835-841. [Abstract]
  • Okely, A., Booth, M., Hardy, L., Dobbins, T., Denney-Wilson, E. (2008), Changes in physical activity participation from 1985 to 2004 in a statewide survey of Australian adolescents. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 162(2), 176-180. [Abstract]

2007

   
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  • Booth, M., Okely, A., Denney-Wilson, E., Hardy, L., Dobbins, T., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2007), Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, Australia. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 43(11), 755-61. [Abstract]
  • Samuel, G., Kerridge, I., Vowels, M., Trickett, A., Chapman, J., Dobbins, T. (2007), Ethnicity, equity and public benefit: a critical evaluation of public umbilical cord blood banking in Australia. Bone marrow transplantation. 40(8), 729-34. [Abstract]
  • Soh, N., Touyz, S., Dobbins, T., Surgenor, L., Clarke, S., Kohn, M., Lee, E., Leow, V., Rieger, E., Ung, K., Walter, G. (2007), Restraint and eating concern in North European and East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and Singapore. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry. 41(6), 536-45. [Abstract]
  • Booth, M., Dobbins, T., Okely, A., Denney-Wilson, E., Hardy, L. (2007), Trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1985, 1997, and 2004. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 15(5), 1089-1095. [Abstract]
  • Silins, E., Conigrave, K., Rakvin, C., Dobbins, T., Curry, K. (2007), The influence of structured education and clinical experience on the attitudes of medical students towards substance misusers. Drug and alcohol review. 26(2), 191-200. [Abstract]